More than 100 people attended Saturday’s Tech Fair 2012 at Mathews Memorial Library.

Library director Bette Dillehay said residents and visitors were able to play with a variety of digital devices at the Petting Technology Zoo, which included eBooks, iPads, iPods and iPhones. There was even an area set aside where about a dozen library patrons danced off their fines with a Wii game machine, she said, "and one kid danced off seven different fines."

Many of those who attended were older adults who wanted to learn how to use the technology, said Dillehay, receiving lessons on how to download items from the 4,000 audiobooks and 1,500 eBooks the library has available to loan.

Participants could win prizes, and Mathews resident Joi Ball won the grand prize—a Kindle Touch eReader.

But probably most exciting, said Dillehay, was the introduction of a new tutorial service available to Mathews residents through the Library of Virginia.

Students in grades 3-12 can now recei...